The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• In the Scotsman of Saturday last there is an excellent article on " the policy of an unprincipled faction," which, if we had space, we would insert at length in this day's Chronicle. We take this opportunity, however, of stating that we think our Contemporary has rather been unjust to wards the Clergy of the Established Church in attributing to them generally a participation in the feeling with respect to the new Poor-law displayed by individuals of the body. We admit that the conduct of the Tories, as a body, with respect to this measure is infamous. It is true, as the Scotsman states, that the well-thinking members of the Tory party saw in such a measure the only means of saving the nation from internal disorganization ; but they dared not face the evil—they could not afford the necessary sacrifice of popularity. The achievement was performed by other bands ; and then the minions of the Tory party, laughing at the folly of their ad versaries, rushed forward, backed by the wild halloo of the Times and the pious urgency of the Standard, to seize the weapon of agitation, which seemed with. so much simplicity to be confided - to their grasp. The Tories may be said to have rather backed the Times, than to have been backed by that paper ; for the hostility of the Times to the New Poor-law began with its introduction to Parliament, and Mr. John Walter is to be found in the minority of eighteen, or some such number, opposed to the second reading. The truth is, that Mr. J. Walter, and when we say Mr. John Walter we say the Times, is not the tool of any party in this matter, but the dupe of hii own heated imagination. There is less excuse for the unprincipled Tories, who availed themselves of the ignorance of a large portion of the people to convert a measure of which in their hearts they approved into a weapon of offence against their political opponents. But the Scotsman adds, that " the Clergy have been found ready instruments in the work of evil. Whenever submis sion to high T try principles has been called upon, they have been the first to require it in the meekest and most alsjsct form. 'When their opponentshave held rule they have been the most active exciters to outrage. For the conduct of one priestly agitator, who has 'cut no inconsiderable figure in the present attempt, the Rev. G. S. Bull, we cannot do better than quote the Report of the Committee of the House of I ords on the Poor-law Amendment Act." Now, if there are Reverend G. S. Bulls, and Reverend Mr. Mabertaes, there are also a number of Reverend Chairmen of Boards of Guardians, who have laboured faithfully and assiduously to carry the law into execution. We cannot forget, too, that it was to the proof afforded by the Rev. Mr. Becher, Mr. Whately, and others, of the possibility of effecting the changes which the Act made general, that we are indebted for much of the sunpert which the measure obtained in its passage through Pariia merit. The parish Clergy of England are a numerous body ; and it would be strange if in such a body there should not be found several weak, foolish, and even wicked individu rls ; but from all that we have ever heard we do es 7 not, helisve that the Clergy are any thing like generally hostile to the new Poor-law.—Morning Chronicle. The opinion we have already had occasion to express re specting the injustice of the present Government of France in its foreign relations, is confirmed by an examination of the official correspondence between-its agents and the Go vernment of Buenos Ayres, embracing the subject of the present rupture bstween the two countries. Notwith stand;ng the non-eaetenee of any treaty whatever between F , ance and the Areceithos Republ'C, Count Mole insists neon the plicatioe, in Leon.. French emigrants to Bheteris. Ap:is. of the secturitieo granted by the treaty between Evgland and the Republic to Brhish subjects. The Government cf Beetios Ayrea on the other hand, which admits foreigners to an equali.y of civil rights and privileges with its own dtizens, claims as a sovereign and indeecndent State the right cf sehjecting them to an equal share in the burdens of the commtmoy. It refuses to ad mit the pretensien of foreign agents to afihrd a,i extreje diei d protection to their countryiner.-1, when the latter have married in the country ; 2, when they carry on a mechanical pro!h sien ; when they hate acquired landed pro;wrty and establishments ; 4, when they have resided in it more than three y.-ars. The discus ions ' entered into between the, two Governments on this subject. hr 1830 were terminated by the official declaration, on the part of the French Charge d'Affaires, of his adherence to principles above enumerated, an adherence confirmed tar the subsequent silence and consent of the Coesul-Ge- Dead of France up to the 30th of November last, when, by a note addressed to the Buenos Ayrean Minister, he pe remptorily requiree, by order of his Government, their aban:lonment of their principles. The refusal of the Buctics At lean Govetiarnent to acknowledge in a Csnsular agent the competent authority to discuss queetiens of a purely diplomatic; character is met by the latter requiring his pase port. Ills demands ere then renewed by the French Ad miral. The Buenos Art an Gower: meat replies," thatvery for froischttending to - expose the country to the conse quences of a rupture, the Governor has shown a dis position to discuss and consider the points en whiet Ere founded the demands of the French Consulate as soon as they shall be presented by a diplo matic agent duly authorized for that purpose ;' and it declines discussing those questions with the commander of a squadron uninvested with full powers. Hereupon the French Admiral " declares the port of Buenos Ayres and all the litoral of the river belonging to the Argentine Republic to be in a state of rigorous blockade ;" and yet this public act, involving so many questions of international right, is absolutely without a nate, thus rendering the perpetrator liable in tire French courts of law for any damages which may result to the merchants of France from the informality of his proceed logs. The origin of this exercise of the right of blockade, without at the same time exercising the right of war dates, fora the introduction of new maritime code of Russia in IS-29, when she blockaded the Dardanelles, after laying down her belligerent character in the Mediterranean during her last war with Turkey—a code which she now enforces against the commerce of Europe with Circassia, whilst ac knowledging the belligerent rights of the Circassians them selves. The singular analogy between the proceedings o; the French commander in attempting to blockade the "litoral" of a river nearly 300 miles wide at its ;mouth, with the pretended blockade of the eastern coast of the. Black Sea, by the unsigned regulations of 1836, is still further borne out by the precipitate concurrence of the Bri tish G o vernment in those extraordinary transactions. The same Bris7'sh Minister who notified in October, 1831, to the British enerchants at Constantinople the imaginary re gulations of Russia, receives the copy of a circular addressed by the French Admiral, on the 28th of March, to the fo reign Ministers and Consuls, notifying " that the port of ' Buenos Ayres and ati the litoral of the river belonging I to the Argentine Republic or in a state of rigorous block " - ade." The Admiral adds, " therefore entreat you, Sir, to inform your Government of this measure." The very next day, the British Minister, acknowledging in the French Admiral an authority against which the Government of Buenos Ayres itself protests, addressed a letter to the Chairman of the Committee of British merchants, acquainting them " with his having received a notification of a blockade of the port of Buenos Ayres and of the whole of the rivers belonging to the Arge ntine Republic," thus acknowledging a blockade which even the French Admiral only requested might be submitted to the knowledge of the British Go vernment, and admitting that blockade to extend beyond the La Plata to the other rivers of the republic, including the " Colorado," which is navigable for steam-boats to the very foot of the Andes. The Brit:eh Secretary of State, conversant as he must have been with this violation of all • the forms of international observance, notifies in the Ga zette of June 21 the existence, not of any declaration by the French Government of their recognition of the blockade, which could alone give to it any legal force, but the reception of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Buenos Ayres stating the de claration of blockade by the French Rear-Admiral. The illegality of the whole proceeding, and the burden which will necessarily fall on her Majesty's subjects from the ne cessity of indemnifying the merchants who may suffer from these monstrous acts, are considerations which shrink into insignificance when we consider the direct support thus given by a British Minister to the piratical acts of the two great maritime rivals of Great Britain, and of the power which France thus obtains of concerting her mercantile and diplomatic speculations with sufficient sagacity to admit of her relaxing the blockade at any moment when a fleet of ,French merchant vessels may be ready to forestall theme ca!rance into Buenos Ayres of the half a million sterling o f Eaitish merchandise at present consigned to that country. —Vela, The scl:eiZlers and jobbers are now as dee p l y immersed in plots for re p ,alin,, ,, the Corn -laws, as they were at no dis tant period, it: ,7 .. e t t ,:ng up gambling railway compan i es , and . fraudulent Spanish bonds. - The in forcing into c lot holds ut it must be confessed, advan anti-corn law plot holds . p , t i n , I , n ,; common degree. The par , that temp ties to it risk nothing •; whilst tLe prize played fur, is no -land, ail the farming less thari half the landed r en t 4 .. l a e l o s f u E in n b w h;rh represents the capital, and more than half . I classes. A less splendid annual wages of the labourtngt.vity, all the "liberal" trick bait might suffice to call into ac il l e . lore cf the poori‘lduees ery of Jae worthy projector:2, w i os land cheap labour syl.te - ai l. them to advoeste the chew hrea matter, of coors ,, All the ral:nl.ster:al journ!ds- are, as a as a ,,.. ,, scan . , wall jitui ill denoutv!.ing the Corn-1v.2--, ~0 r, , , . ialb /; . ,e, Our eve pe,.lll r rersoil. sties t I c , n, " , h , ' (''' ' l ' vevedingly zealous Ling. i i :onternvrary i;, in polit of fit , t, e- .• he s y:.s, pleased, lie th e fr` cheep broad" ts-,rF:tre •;—and ,a' "--,.., , ',„: to our 1•:st ni g lif, 'o corvaiinicrit the fie:raid, . ,. oy re,r,o,, -re tempted " n:ot absurd' statetnenti Oa tea' till!2.111011, We , ,i,ts „ to Lly Le7cre cue r .,,:der:4, a s-leep: oc tLe ": 14t " I ` ,' whic...b appear itlrni nous , ~,,,d " pl..:llosopl&c.i ; in thu Pycs .. the Li!) ral pzlrty ! ~ raore is :;1.e.... roason to drew!, bal Ycan tg''ner'llY THE SUN, LONDON, TrESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1838. - -- come together, that our manufacturing population, unless they resolve now to get rid of the starvation laws, will neat year be exposed to all the horrors of an Hindostan famine. • If they, therefore, are to deserve the character of reflecting, proviilent men, they will at once take measures to secure themselves against such a horrible contingency. They will, as we haie before said, encourage the agriculturists of the Continent to sow wheat for their use, by now resolving to put down the devil'slaws. " Some persons say this is the languag e of exaggeration ; would it were. In fact, while we are talking of the horrors of an Hindostan famine as a mere possibility, is the reader quite sure that they do not now even prevail? What is one of its most sorrowful characteristics? The mother, borne down by 'want, sells her child, in order to sustain her own wretched ex istence ; or, all the mother's feelings overcome by the sharp pangs of wolfish hunger, she leaves it by the highway to perish. When we read of such things happening in the distant Hindostan we are ready to weep over the miseries to which the poor rice-eaters are exposed? Are there no chil dren, then, forsaken by their mothers in England, because they cannot subsist them? The daily records of the police, P articularly of the manufacturing districts, tell unhappily a different tale. Are there no children sold into slavery in England? What, then, are the poor factory girls? What must be the misery, and what the degradation, to which the mothers of England are reduced, when they are ready to swear falsely, or procure false certificates of age, that they may the more speedily consign their infants to the wasting toils of a spinning mill?" When we weigh these repeated references to the periodi cal famines that desolate Hindostan—and find that these melancholy occurrences are urged as a reason why the English Corn-laws should be repealed forthwith—the infe rence that would, naturally, present itself to the mind of an inquirer who might happen to be ignorant of the facts of the case, is, that Corn-laws for England such as now exist, must be bad—because famines are . deplorable events ; and, further, that famines occur in Hindostan, is conse quence of the existence of the Corn-laws ! Yet the facts are very different from those which are necessary to the soundness of such reasonings! There are no Corn-laws in Hindostan—yet there are periodical famines. Famine is never known in England—yet in England there are Corn laws ! Our Contemporary's logic, in short, is somewhat loose in its texture ! The case of Hindostan, in so far as it bears upon the question of the Corn-laws, furnishes an argument in their favour ! Let the clamourers for cheap bread recollect that food is cheaper, one year with another, in Hisdostan than perhaps in any country in the world besides ;—yet " cheap food"—that greatest of all " liberal" boons to the labouring classes— is there found to be no preser vative from famine ! The argument drawn from Hindostan may, in truth, be applied to all other countries wh,ere corn is cheap ! In Poland, the labouring classes exist in astat e of semi-starvation amidst harvests of almost unrivalled abundance ! In Frances, there are no Corn-laws—yet in France, the working people suffer, occasionally, under the pressure of famine ! In Ireland, too, corn can be grown cheaply, when compared with the corn grown in England— and in Ireland, the presence of famine amongst certain classes of the poor, is almost always discernible ! No at tempt, in short, can be imagined less felicitous than this, of our Evening Contemporary, to establish, that cheap corn is the only preservative from famine. But the Corn-laws of this country era responsible, it should seem, not only for famines—(which have, somehow, contrived to remain hp pereeptible)—but for the miseries of the factory system ! As if the existence of Corn-laws in England did not widen the market for native labour—as if the existence of Corn laws did not prevent a duplication of the number of factories —and the increase, in a scarcely calculable propcit:on, of the wretchedness of their inmates ! Without the protcc!i.:n of Cosia-laws, there could scarcely exist' any such art as that of agriculture in England ; and the existence of a large field fur agricultural industry is, according to the free tra&rs, the cause of the factory system and all its abominations ! There is something so lucid and logical, as well as daring and profound in this process of reasoning, tl: it tv-z only discharge our duty to our realess ia recoami.aading it to their attention ! there is one little point, however, in the ratiocination of our Contemporary, which, we wil venture to confess, appears to us scarcely :n harmony with the general scope of Isis opinions ! lle de nounces the Corn-laws—and he denounces them, specifi cally, on the ground that in these laws, the factory s) stem takes its rise ! In other words, the Corn-I iws are an evil, because the factory system is an evil ! But our Contem-, porary forgets, that the philosophers of his petty, who most loudly clamour against the Cern-laws, defend the factory system ! These men allege, expressly, that the Cora-laws roust be repealed, in order that the factory sytent niay be maintained—•whereas, if there were virtue in our Con temporary's logic, the repeal of the Corn-laws ought to be sowrbt, in order to secure the subversion of tie institutonof factory slavery. Quite the reverse, however. The Corn-Lws are odiousin the eyes of our" liberal" sailed:ors, bee athe, by keeping up the price oilabour,these laws pre vent. England from being covered with factories, and peopled by f story slaves 1 The-Sun condemns. the factory system, whilst condeinning the Corn-laws I Why, then, does not our Contemporary condemn the free-trade system, and the unlimited introduc tion of machinery—the causes, in which the factory system originates? The Corn-laws, let our Contemporary recol lect, are reprobated by the apostles of free trade, on the express ground, that they cheek the extension of the free trade system ! In logical fairness, therefore, The Sun ought to argue stoutly in favour of the Corn-laws !It is not, however, for the purpose of pointing out and refuting all the self-contradictory nonsense, in which the " Liberal" Journals, daily and weekly, indulge on the question of the Corn-laws—and in the determination to pour forth nothing but shallow nonsense on the subject, the unanimity of those best of public instructors is truly wonderful—that we ad vert on this occasion, to the effusions of our evening Con temporary ! Our object is to exhibit to the farmers of England, as far as our influence may extend, the perils of their actual position ! The loudest cla mourers. for the observance of " national faith" with the fundholder, are at this moment, demanding that faith, public and private, shall be broken with the English farmer ! The farmer has, on the strength of an Act of Par liament, and on the strength of private contracts with the landowners, embarked his capital in the cultivation of - alie soil ;—and the sticklers for the sacredness of the fund holder's claims, demand at this moment in the most impe rious style, that the farmer's capital shall be sacrificed ! They allege that famine is impending ;—and they propose that the risk of famine shall be averted—not by a tax le vied on all cl=asses, proportioned to their means—but simply by the destruction of the farmer ! Nor let tne farmers imagine, that because the proposition is a monstrous one, it is, therefore, certain to be rejected by the Legislature. Let the farmers weigh the forces which are now muster ing against them ! All the Ministerial journals demand a repeal of the Corn-laws. All the Malthusian Radical Journals—Journals speaking the sentiments of the Broughams, and Molesworths, and Warburtons—journals, which differ widely, in other - respects, from the Ministerial Papers—demand, in like manner, that the farmer shall be offered up on the altar of free trade. Mr. Attwood and his Birmingham Council are busied in instructing hundreds Of thousands of artisans to demand in a voice of thunder, " cheap bread," from Parliament, the moment Parliament shall re-assemble. The influence of the New Poor-law, moreover—more powerful, an hundred-fold, than the news papers, and the professional agitators—the influence of the New Poor-law is at work, goading on the victims of that atrocious Act, to require a repeal of the Corn-laws— partly, in the belief that " cheap bread" may lessen their miseries—and, partly, from a desire to be avenged on the landowners, who consented to hand over the labour ing poor to the tender mercies of the Malthusians I We are no alarmists I But a scheme of agitation is on foot for the repeal of the Corn-laws, and for the overthrow of landowners and farmers—a scheme more comprehensive and profound than has ever been or ganised in our day, for the a ttainment of any political object whatever! Whilst, too, the assailants of the farmers and landowners are more numerous, and resolute, and in ventive of modes of attack, than ever, the farmers and the landowners are, on the other hand, weaker than they ever were before in the affections of the working classes I Their advocacy of the new Poor-law will yet cost the landed interest dear ! The landowners played the game of the Malthusians, in the hope of effecting certain most dis honest and most despicable savings at the cxpence of the poor ; and now those very Malthusians are hallooing on the poor against the landowners! Let not the farmers, we re peat, be so foolish as to refuse to look at the full extent of their danger! Never, before, was any class of producers exposed to peril so imminent I Nothing, but the prudent yet bold exercise of their energies —and in certain cases, bolder S 3 is the highest form of prudence—can save the far mers of England from destruction !—Aforning Herald.• One of the strongest and most plausible arguments in favour of the Corn-laws is, that of their being essential to the support of the agricultural interests ; yet, when these interests be subjected to a close and impartial scrutiny, it will be found that the labouring portion of the agricultural community suffers full as much from the restrictions on the importation of food as any other class of the general politi cal and social body. If the working of the Corn-laws be examined, it avid appear to the most obtuse intellect that it is not the most industrial portion of the agricultural classes who derive advantage from the high price of food, but merely that class which, for the most part, live in idleness and profligacy on the fruits of others' exertion. Does the farmer derive any advantage from the high price of :torn ? Look to his rent, and let its amount be an ease. er to the query. Does the labourer derive any advent flee from these laws ? Look to the price of f ee d. The farmer is mulcted in his rent beyond the a mount which would otherwise be available to oppres 've landlords, consequently he is merely the medium of .f,•reitn; exc essive rents to other parties. 'rho l a b our e r ..t I n the price of food, beyond the expenditure which - -.lied upon W discharve. His wages oo4id othervuse uu are kept down to that rate which merely allows en exist ence, so that if the price of corn be high, rents and wages are proportionately so, and therefore no advantage to farmer or labourer can be derived from the continuance of such a system. If the grower of corn receive in the market a high price for his product, that price goes not into his pocket, but to the increase of the rent of his tenement. In the same way, the high rate of wages, consequent on the high price of food, goes not into the pocket of the labourer, but into the provision market, and thus into the pocket of the landowner, so that it is not the a gricultural interests who are interested in the maintenance of a high rate of provision, but merely the landowners. The agriculturist is taxed in rent, and the labourer in the price of food, far beyond what would be warranted under an equitable arrangement. Neither the farmer, therefore, nor the labourer derive advantage from the high rate of provisions, but merely the idle possessor of the soil. A greater and more remarkable instance of the injurious effects which the Corn-laws exercise on the interests of the industrial agriculturists could not be adduced than that fur nished by the fact, that while the country is, as was lately the case, under the apprehension of a dearth —an appre hension excited by fair or unfair influences—the ports may be thrown open, corn in bond, under the influence of high price, may be poured into the market without restrictioe, and the farmer's future prospects completely blighted. by the very impost pretended to be fixe d for his protection. When the question of the Corn - law s be fairly examined, there is one result must follow as an inevitable consequence —that result is, the total extinction of the system. In ex pectation of this consummation, we shall take care to keep the subject constantly before the public.—lllorn.Adoertiser. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven, oClock. THE' LONDON GAZET OF THIS EVENING. FOREIGN OFFICE, AUGUST 28, 1838. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint the Right lion.. Illick John Marquess of Clanricarde, K.P. to be her Majesty's Ambassad- , r Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of All the Russias. DOWNING-STREET, AUGUST 28. Tile Queen has been pleased to appciat Peter Fraser, Esq., to be Sheriff of the Island of Van Diemen's Land. WAR OFFICE, AUGUST 28. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet ft. E. Ward to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mathew, who retires; Lord G. A. Beauclerk to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ward, Aug. 28. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—J. G. Philips, Gent., to be Veterinary Snrzeon, vice Black, appointed to the Caviry Depot, Aug. 28. Scots Fusilier Guards—F. H. Russell, Gent., to be Ensign an, Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beauclerk, appointed to the 7th Regi mein, Aug. 2:8. 7th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. A. F. Beanclerk, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Lieutenant , by purchase, vice Kirwin, who retires, Aug. 28. 9th Foot—Lieut. S. J. Metcalfe to be Captain,_ by purchase, vice Harper, who retires; Ensign D. Pixie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice iVetealf ; B. Walshe, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Pixie, Aul 28! 20th Foot—Ensign H. 0. de Crespigny, from the 50th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Green, who exchanges, Aug. 28. 35th Foot—Ensign G. G. Baker to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Betty, deceased, Aug. 7; Serjeant-Major J. Moore to be Ensign, vice Baker, Aug. 28. 37th Foot—Ensign J. 0. Lewis to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Bredin, deceased, July 9; 11. R. Manners, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lewis, August 28. 500.1 loot—Ensign C. Green, from the 20th Regiment, to be Ensign, vice de Crespigny, who exchanges; Quartermaster- Scr kiz.iit J. Moore to be Quartermaster, vice Freer, appointed to the 62d Regiment, Aug. 28. bbth Foot—Capt. C. Arney, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, paying the difference, vice Fisher, appointed to the 95th Regiment, Aug. 28. 62d Foot—Lieutenant C. Buchanan to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Moore, deceased, Jan. 15 ; Lieutenant and Quarter master T. Freer, from the 50th Remi ment, to be Lieutenant, vice o _min, Aug. S. ..3th Foot—Captain W. Suow, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice H. G. Baylee, Aho exchange:3, receiving the dif ference, Aug. 24. 6Gth Foot—Ensign E M. Davenport to be Lieutenant, withcut purchase, vice M'Carthy, deceased, Aug. 6 ; Gentleman Cadet E. B. Pratt, fi Om the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Davenpot t, Aug. 23. . 80th Foot—Lieutenant S. Fraser, from the half-pay of the 16th Regiment, to be Lieu enant, vice Kelson, appointed to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Aug. 28. 83th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant J. M. Fowler to have the rank of Lieutenant, Aug. 23. 89th Foot—Ensign A. Pigott to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Need, deceased, July 2 ; Ensign G. Horne to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Pigott, whose promotion, by purchase, has not taken place ; Gentleman Cadet R. B. Hawley, from the Royal Military ,College, to be Ensign, vice Home, Aug. 23. 95th Foot.—Captain W.. Fisher, from the 58th Regiment, to be Captain, vice Collis, who retires upon half.pay Unattached, re ceiving the difference, Aug. 28. Ceylon Rifle Regiment.—Lieutenant C. H. M. Kelm.), from the 80th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Grierson, appointed to the 78th Regiment, Aug. 28. UNATTACHED. - Ensign C. J. C. Mills, from the 77th Regiment, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, Aug. 28. CAVALRY DEPOT. Veterinary Surgeon A. Black, from 14th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon of the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone, vice J. Berington, who retires upon half-pay, Aug. 28. BREVET. To be Colonels in the Army. Lieut-Colonel H. Stapleton, on the half-pay of the 50th Regi ment ; Lieut.-Colonel T. Kennedy, on the half-pay of the 96th Regiment, June 28. To be Lieutenant Colonels in the Army—Major T. R. Swin burne, on the half-pay Unattached; Major R. S. Webb, on the half-pay Unattached ; Major J. A. Butler, on the half-pay Un attached, June 28. To be Major in the Army—Captain W. Snow, o f the 65 th Regiment, June 28. MEMORANDUM. , Lieutenant W. Bell, half-pay New South Wales Veteran Com panies, has been permitted to retire from th e Service, by the sale of an Unattached Lieutenancy, he having become a settler in New South Wales, Aug. 28. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Carnarvon. Royal Carnarvonshire Militia—T. E. Roberts, Gent., to be Lieutenant, July 16. • BANKRUPTS. ISRAEL MOSES VAN BERGH, merchant, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, to surrender Sept. 7, at two, and Oct. 9, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gloom, Abchurch lane, official assignee ; Reed, Bread-street, Cheapside. JOHN WILLIAM THOMSON, nurseryman, Croydon, Sept. 12, eleven, and Oct. 9, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Church, Great James street, Bedford-row; Flight, Bridport. GEORGE ORBELL, herse-dealer, Romford, Sept. 11 and Oct. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch lane, official assignee ; Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chan cery-lane. EDWIN lIARGREAVES, cutler, Manchester, Sept. 10, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester Ma.. kinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle-temple, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Norfolk-street, Manchester. HENRY ORBELL, innkeeper, Romford, Essex, Sept. 11, and Oct. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Walmsley, Keight ley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane. TIMOTHY PIKE, coal-merchant, Rotherhithe-street, Surrey, Sept. 7, and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Moxon, Little Friday street. BENJAMIN and JOSEPH CONIGRAVE, upholsterers, Aldersgate-street, Sept. 11, and Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assign ee ; Hodson and Gibbs, King's-road, Bedford-row. GEORGE FREDERICK CROSSLEY, common brewer, Liverpool, Sept. 11 and Oct. 9, at one, at the Clarenthin-rooms, South John-street, Liverpool. Holden and Clarke, Liverpool ; Walmsley, Kieghtley and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London. JAMES GREENHOUGH, cabinet maker, Manchester, Sept. 14 and Oct. 9, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, St. James's square, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner , and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Law, Piccadilly, Manchester. WILLIAM COOMBE, builder, Launceston, Cornwall, Sept. 4, and Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. Law rence and Pattison, Launceston; Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk ' Te m ple, London. JAMES LOWE, cotton-spinner, Manchester, Sept. 10, and Oct. 9, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Jo seph and William Heron, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weather all,Brltoe, Oct. Bevan and a /i nt d L a nLBdA9r Britian, a , t, e g nß t , o ra c i tes Bristol; e; P ] igt King'sw n Ironworks, Mon- King's Bench-walk, Temple, London. , I S l o c u a t c , i h j a n rn n p , t o Southampton-build ings, Newport.uild COCKROFT, leather-dresser, Hebden-bridge, York pt. 14, at the White Swan Inn, Halifax, and Oct. 9, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax. Battye, Fisher, and Sud neery-lane, London ; Rayaar and Bradley, Leeds. Mon mouthshire, gs r i gjvrorus 4:,lCLa:ostshlohrNAaeni COURSE OF EkCI-14 , Amsterdam C.F. 12 5g Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 A n t w erp... Hrmburg. ........ M. 13 l3 12 Altona ..... Paris, 3 days' sigt• Ditt0....... ............. .3 Ms 25 83 Marseilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 113;4 Petcrsbutgli, ruble .3 Us. 10 0 Berlin ............................. 7 3 Vienna, effective fl ...... 2 M. 10 13 .............. 10 14 Tri:sly ....d itto adrid .............................. Cadiz.... ......... ................. 27U ......... ........ 36 Barcelona ........................ 36 NGE.-( THIS DAY.) Gibraltar 43 Leghorn Genoa 26 0 Milan 31 Venice J6 Naples '39 per oz. 117% Lis r,3 1 4 Geo .- do s 2 lh Rio Janeiro Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres ....... . New York, 21 days'li . iht . — Philadelphia PRICE OF BULLION, PER 0 1 . Portugal Gold, coin ..e0 0 I) Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 1 New Dollars .. . .. 0 4 . Silver. bars , standard . S . - ;v - n i c .............................. - MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of this Evenin.) • Svc/ L a.—The deman d for West India Muzcoradoe"ffs on Wednesday and Thursday la.i . t was eatremAy limited ; the I mpor ters submitted to a reduction on irevi ous ra • cs o f 6 , 1 to Is t r brown and m . :(1.111.ig yellcw sorts, but good and fine qualities brought previous rq.s, the quantity at market bring rather short : t pr,:•ser.t. Tins ilternocn at auction 144 1 h(l3 13arhdoes v:e. e br,w,ht fornard ; the Lettcr kinds bmught fully last ash a rates ; the lowcr sorts also maiined their tctg .57s to 58 4 61 , dir previous cur:rimy, fine Lro.ciFl,t. 62s to 63, 6 . 1, good .59s to Tit•,:• Reilued trade has again been afT:eted by the dull and i.: dro ff state of the millet fo r the raw mate,ial la • reduction P F 6h 6, , , low n ildl in g ar.d m ' ) i , , t.... • ') ' -. • , i on former rates of is has been submitted to ; Lumps in small quantities passing the standard have been sold at 755, and rather under 73s 6cl to 745. For export, small parcels of double Crushed at 33s 6d, which is 6d under former rates. For Bastards quotations have been barely supported. In Pieces prices are rather lower. MAURITIUS.—Low and mid sorts ar 6d cheaper ; on Wed nesday, very fair and low brown sold at 4ls 6d to 455, low mid grey 50s to 51s ; good yellow nearly fine 59$ 6d ; ord yellow brought 51s 6d, mid 53s ; good 57s 6d, fine 61s 6d to 62, ord dark brown 455, a shade better 465. This afternoon 9,997 bags at auction, middling grey sold at 50s 6d to 51g, middling and good middling yellow 53s to 565, good 56s 6d to 57s 6d, low brown 43s per cwt. EAST INDlA..—Export descriptions at rather lower prices, but without finding buyers. In Siam nothing done, either by public sale or private contract ; and for Manilla there has also been no demand. Bengal former prices have been supported. This afternoon 2,213 bags Bengal at public sale went at pre- vious rates. FOREIGN.—There has been rather more business doing a' previous rates ; 500 boxes yellow Havannah of fair quality a 265, 80 boxes ordinary white at 375 120 chests low to good white Pernams at 293- a cargo of yellow Havannah of 800 boxes has been taken for Trieste at 265. MOLASSES.-45 puns Trinidad at public sale sold at rather lower price 3, mid at 24s to 24s 6d.1 COFFEE.—Tbis afternoon Ceylon much wanted, , but the short supply limits business ; 98s paid for small parcels of good ordinary, and 1003 to 101 s for fine ordinary coloury ; at public sale 39 bags sold readily at 995 for fine ordinary pale; 100 s for coloury ; and 96s 6d for ordinary country damaged, which prices are Is above those of last week. Of British Plantation there was no public sale. COCOA. —British Plantation-175 brls GO bags Trinidad at public sale brought, ord grey 41s 6d, fair to good mid 43s to 453. Foreign : 36 brls Para at auction went at 31s 6d to 33s 6d for low to fair dark red. PaovistoNs.—ln Irish Butter prices have undergone little variation. Foreign has been taken more freely, and the best Friezland has advanced to 945. In Bacon prices are still on the decline, the best small Meat is not worth more than 525. Lard at the prices quoted. • Woon_—Of Colonial the quantity offered was 11,000 bales, all of which found buyers at prices equal to those obtained in July for the best flocks, but ord and mid kinds went a shade easier. TALLOW.—The transactions in St. Petensbugh Yellow Candle on the spot have been extensive, and the price has advanced to 48s 6d for first quality. For arrival purchases have been male at 48s 3d to 48s 6d for the last three months of the year; for artival in the first three months of 1839, at 49s 3d to 49s Bcl per cwt. TEA.—Tne market is firm, but the demand has been only for small parcels, for which the buyers have paid lid to 2d per lb. profit on the rates of the last quarterly sale. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS. —For Rum rather higher prices have been obtained. In Jamaica the sales have amounted to 350 puns, 23 to 25 per cent over proof at 4s 2d a 4s 3d, 28 to 30 over 4; 4d a 4s 6d, 32 to 36 over 4s 8d a 4s I ld. Of Leewards 300 puns have been sold, proofs to 3 per cent over at 2s 101 a 2s lld, 4 to 6 over 3s a 3s ld, 8 to 10 over 3s 2d a 3; 3d, 12 to 20 over 3s 4d a 3s 9d, 22 to 30 over 33 10d a4s 2d, 32 to 38 over 4; 3d a4s 7d. For proofs most of the holders are now asking 2s Ild, and for 5 per cent over 3s Id. Brandy at previous rates. Geneva has secured a good sale at former paces. British Corn Spirits rather dearer. SPICES.—For Pepper the late advance has been fully sup ported, sales of common light Sumatra have been made at 3P, and half heavy Malabar at 41d, at these rates several of the holders refuse to sell ; 850 psckages Ma labar Pepper at auction, fair half heavy bright sold at 4d to 4d ; Cinnamon at 4d advance on the rates of the late auctions. Pimento, at an advance of id, ord quality brought 3d, fair shipping 3/c1 to 38d, good middling 3id. Cassia Lignea, common at 503 6d, low mid 51 to 51s 6d, a f4 , w lots 525, very coarse half bundles and loose sticks 48., broken and small 463 to 46 61, Ist claaa mouldy 475, 2d ditto 40s 6d, 3rd ditto mouldy and sea damaged 31s to 31s 6d. per Cat. This afternoon good bold Bengal it 203 6d to 21s; Mala bar, at 193 to 20s for good quality. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals, Aug. 27.—The Knox, from Singapore, off Portsmouth. sailed April 18; City of Edinburgh, Regan, from New South %Vales, off Margate, sailed from Sydney Marc! 11 ; Earl Grey, Adamson, from Bengal, off Liverpool, sailed April 2 ; Aliquis, M`Fee, from Bombay, off Liverpool, sailed April 11, St. Helena July 4; Gulnsre, Henderson, from Bombay, off Liverpool, sailed April 5, St. Helena June 30; Donna Maria, Brown, from Bengal, passed the Downs on the 23d inst., bound to Stockholm, sailed April 4. Arrival at Anjer.—The Vanguard, Stewart, from Liver.. pool, for China. Arrival at Penang.—The Fortitude, Sly, from Ceylon. Arrivals at Batavia.—The Mars, Velthoven, April 14, from Rotterdam ; Plicani, from Middleburg ; Tropic, King, and the Leyton, Austin, horn New South Wales. apartures from Batavia.—The Paris, King, April 5, for ; Hintioo, Pearson, fur Canton; Royal Sovereign, Moncridf, April 8, for Samarang. Arrivals at Samarang.—The Henrietta Klasina, April 3, from Passarveang ; Regulus, Vesmer, April 6, from Batavia. Arrivals at Havre.—The Hoore et Guadaloupe, from Ma nilla ' - and Neptune. Salaun, from Batavia. Ship Spoken With.—The Medusa, Purdie, from London to New South Wales, August 10, lat. 39. 27. N., long. 14. 20. W. Passengers per Triumph, from Bombay—Mrs. Glass and three children, Mrs. Macgillivray and children, Mrs. Thomas and five children, Mrs. Crockett, Mrs. Erskine and children, Miss Parrott died at sea 27th of July, Lieutenants Gordon, Erskine, Borthwick, Cameron, and childr"n. CIIESTER.—The petition from Chester for a com mutation of the sentence was signed by the Chancellor of the Cathedral, as well as by Dean - Davy (who was tutor to the Queen) and several of the clergy. There is also a nume rously signed petition gone up from Tattenhall, the native place of the convict, Dinah Jones, accompanied by testimo nials of previous good character; and a petition from Stock port in favour of Ann Byrom, being the place at which she lived. The latter bore the signatures of the Mayor of Stock port, two county magistrates, and seven clergymen and ministers. Our readers will recollect that a short time back complaint was made at the Mansion House, by a Mr. Barlow Moore, of gross outrages committed towards him by a party of the water-guard, stationed at Gravesend. The complaint of that gentleman embraced several circumstances, but the main outrage was, that upon one occasion his yacht had, with out any justifiable grounds, been fired at with ball no less than eighteen times, from a boat belonging to the coast-guard station in question. Upon these circumstances being brought under the notice of the Treasury, an inquiry was directed, and an officer of the Customs was sent to Gravesend to examine witnesses on the subject. We are now enabled to state that, upon a consideration of the evidence on both sides, the Lords of the Treasury have come to the decision that the officer in command of the boat from which the shots were fired should be immediately dismissed. As yet we are unacquainted with the decision of the Treasury as to the other parts of the case. —Observer. DREADFUL DEATII.—On Wednesday afternoon, the 15th inst., a bricklayer of the name of George Platts, who was employed in one of the shafts at the Clay Cross Tunnel, near Chesterfield, was suddenly engulphed by a quantity of loose earth falling upon him. The body was not discovered until Friday, although a number of men were employed for that purpose.—Doncaster Gazette. VERDICTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS.—Amidst what are now proverbially termed, " the glorious uncertainties of the law," we have seldom known so fortunate an assizes as the one just terminated for that generally losing party in an action —the defendant. It is not usual to have more than some half dozen verdicts given at these assizes for the defendant ; but on the present occasion there have been no fewer than sixteen— nearly one-seventh of the whole number of causes in the list, more than one-fifth of the number tried, and nearly a third of the number in which verdicts were given for the plaintiff. Of the 117 causes in the list, there were verdicts in 54 for the plaintiff, in 16 for the defendant, 13 were referred, in one the plaintiff was nonsuited, and 33 causes were withdrawn or not tried.—Manchester Guardian. CORN-LAW AGITATION.—At the Bolton petty sessions, on Thursday last, John Pilkington, a police officer, was charged with assaulting James Hilton, on Saturday last. Mr. Taylor appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Holden for the defendant. The case excited a great deal of interest. From what could be collected from the v: itnesses, whose exa minations occupied nearly three hours, it appeared that Hilton, who is a huckster, or dealer in vegetables, had procured a pole of three yards in height, on the top of which were placed three loaves of different sizes, and labelled, the smaller one, " England ;" the next in size, " 6d. France ;" and the largest, " 6d. Russia;" intending to show the operation of the Corn-laws. The novelty of such an exhibition a ttracted the attention of a great many persons ; and, amongst the rest, the Boroughrceve, who ordered the de fendant and Swingwood, another officer, to remove it as an obstruction. They proceeded to do so in a forcible manner, without inquiring to whom it belonged ; and the consequence was, that Hilton made a resistance, and Pilkington struck him on the hand with a stick, which rendered him incapable of fol lowing his employment. The Magistrates reprimanded the police for proceeding to remove the pole, without first ascer taining to whom it belonged, and making known to him the orders of the Beroughreeve ; at the same time, they said they roust inform the complainant, that he was not justifiable in re ssting. them. The case was then dismissel—Manchester Guardian. • THE CULTURE CF WHEAT.--Three Specimens of Wheat were gathered on Tuesday, near Exminster. —Of these, two were soon on the same day ; one is the Old Devonshire Lammas Wheat, and the bundle had fifteen ears, which w eighed one ounce, one drachm, twelve grains, and measured iu circumiereece 7r inches. The other is the ilecklin Wheat; the burnlle contained fourteen ears, which weighed two and a ',elf ounce::, one drachm, end one scruple, sod reeasured loz i inches is circu ee fere ice. The third :specimen consisted of ei slit ears of a species called " The Cußservative." These i • elget ears wei; , ,eee olio ounce, two screples, eight grains, and ree esured incites circurnferenee. 1 hi e ' sort, thoegli it, does eot give many buAiel3 per acre as the Heeklill, is Of i2,:tter gindity; ineeed, It is a %cry tine Wheet. The &ifereinen I;owrvur,.lict - cre7n the end the OA D,,svenehire Lammas is ransom kble, and it is thought the f;,: epwards cf tee beshels reore per acre on the crop. CRIMINAL COURT-MONDAY James Whitehouse, aged 25, was indicted for stealing a gelding of the value of 201., the property of George William Lennox, Esq. It appeared from the evidence that the pri. soner stole the horse from a paddock. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the evidence. The Jury without hesitation found the prisoner Guilty. John 11PRue, aged 32, described in the calendar as a la bourer, was indicted for rape upon and feloniously assaulting Ann Riley, she being under ten years of age. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict find ing the prisoner guilty of assault only.--This trial occupied the Court upwards of six hours. John Chambers, aged 20, was indicted for, and found Guilty of, feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house of John Miller, and stealing a shawl, his property. Thomas Davis, aged 23, and Eliza Davis, aged 28, married, were indicted, the male prisoner for stealing in the dwelling-house of Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Bart., two silver candlesticks and a napkin, value 61. lAnd upwards, his property, and one table-cloth, value 11. 10s., the property of Lady Mary Glynne ; the female prisoner for feloniously re ceiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. It appeared that the male prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutors, and having access to the place where the property in question was kept, he took advantage of his situa tion to carry away the articles mentioned in the indictment, which were pawned by the female prisoner, Eliza Davis. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the evidence, observed that if the female prisoner was married to Thomas Davis, the indictment, under the humane provisions of the Statute appli cable to such cases, could not be sustained. The jury found Thomas Davis guilty, and acquitted the female prisoner. Joseph Gard, aged 18, and George Read, aged 21, were indicted for burglariously breaking out of the dwelling-house of James Methuen, after having stolen two coats and other ar ticles of wearing apparel, and about 2s. in copper moneys. The prisoners were convicted upon clear evidence, and The COMMON SERGEANT then sentenced them to be trans ported beyond seas for the term of ten years. TM GRAND Jußy.—ln the course of the day the following return was presented to the Court : " Bills presented to the grand jury dining the August session, 376. " Witnesses examined thereupon: first day, 139; second day, 299 ; third day, 400 ; fourth day, 282 ; fifth day, 228; in all, 1,348." W COURT. John M' Cormach, William Sloane, and George Smith, labourers, were charged with stealing a silver teapot of the value of 5/., six silver tea spoons, and various other articles of considerable value, from the Adelaide steam-vessel, on the river Thames, the property of the captain cf the said vessel. A second count stated the property to belong to a lady of the name of Coltsworth. The jury, under the direction of the Court, acquitted Smith, but returned, after some consultation, a verdict of guilty as to the other two prisoners, accompanied by a recom mendation to mercy on account of the good character they had received. The two prisoners convicted were then sentenced to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for six calender months. The prisoner Smith was again indicted for stealing two ounces of tobacco, from a cask on board the same vessel. Verdict—Guilty. The Learned JUDGIt sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for one calendar month. Ann Davis, aged 25, was indicted for stealing a silver watch, a shirt, and a waistcoat, the property of David Evans. Mr. PHILLIPS appeared for the p:isoner. The prosecutor deposed that he was butler to Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., Marylebone, and on the evening of the 30th of July, meeting the prisoner in the street, he took the liberty to ask her very politely to go with him and have " a drop of summut." Miss Davis had not the least objection to drink gin with him, and they accordingly went together in search of a house where they might quietly drink their " drop o' summut," and having found the place they wished, and drunk the " summut," the lady grew particularly fond of the gentle man's society, and the gentleman now saw that his compa nion was possessed of charms which he had not before disco ' vered, and he invited her to his master's house, and supplied her with a very comfortable bed—in fact his own; but the fickle fair one, as soon as the drowsy god had sealed the eyes of her too confiding Davii, bolted with one shirt, the 'property of the said David, likewise with that gentleman's " silver watch." The Jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Ser,:.Tearit ARAIIIN sentenced her to be transported be yond the seas for the term of seven years. The prosecutor was refused his expenses. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Win. Jenkins was brought before Mr. Alderman Venables, charged with felony. Mr. Robert Wyutt, Surgeon, of Rutland.place, Charter house-square, stated that, about half-past eight last night, as he was turning into Smithfield he missed a silk-handkerchief from his pcekct. On turning round he savr the prisoner en deavouring to conceal the handkerchief in the breast of his coat, but on a watchman coming up he dropped it on the ground. He was then taken into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, said he had just found the handkerchief on the ground. He was committed for trial. Charles Yard was brought up on suspicion of having picked the pocket of a person, named George Pitt, in the neighbour hood of Berwick-street, on Sunday afternoon, whilst they were drinking together. —He was remanded till to-morrow. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Mr. George George, described on the police-sheet as " Gentleman," was charged with having been drunk the over night. The defendant paid the fine (55.) imposed by the magis trate, and went away. HA7' TON-GARDEN. Yesterday Mr. Charles Fennell, of No. 18, Penton-street, Pentonville, was placed before Mr. Witham and Mr. Smith, a county Magistrate, charged on the police-sheet with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself in the Bagnig,go Wells- road. David Churchyard and some other policemen deposed to Mr. Fennell's drunkenness, whilst Mr. F. indignantly denied being drunk, affirming that in his whole life he had never been intoxicated. Mr. WITHAM—I believe the evidence of the police. We have taken our oaths to judge from the evidence produced. You have produced no witnesses to support your assertion. Mr. Fennell—No, Sir ; but I have stated my reasons for not having done so. Besides, lam not charged in the police sheet with an assault ; that has only been brought forward this morning. Mr. SMITH said that they could only draw their conclusions from the evidence before them. Mr. imam (to Mr. Fennell)—We are of opinion that you committed an assault, and you are fined 205., which, I suppose, you will pay, and not compel us to commit you to prison. Mr. Fennell (indignantly and reluctantly)—l will pay it, of course, bat the matter shall not rest here. Mr. Smurn—You may indict them for perjury, if you think proper. Mr. Fennoll (paying the money)—lt certainly shall not rest here. He then left the office rather excited. DARING ROBBERY.-Henry Williams, a young man, was placed at the bar, charged by Mr. Thomas Nowland, of the firm of Nowland and Finnear, watchmakers, of 48, High Holborn, with having stolen eight gold watches, value 200 guineas. The prisoner did not deny the charge, and he was fully committed for trial. MARY LEBONE. DARING PLATS ROBBERY.-Yesterday John Dixon, alias Eason, a well-dressed young man, the son of a carver and gilder, residing in Turk-street, Bethnal-green, was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar, charged with having en tered the dwelling-house of Thomas Daniell, Esq., No. 13, Hinde-street, Manchester-square, and stolen therefrom a quan tity of valuable plate. The butler having detailed the circumstances of the case, Mr. SHUTT asked the prisoner what he had to say. Prisoner—l am quite innocent. I heard the cry of " Stop thief," and seeing other persons running I followed, when the policeman took me in charge. The prisoner, who is an old offender, was remanded, in order to afford time for the constable to make inquiry respecting the property pledged. Yesterday Augustus Mountain, a man employed by Messrs. Horne and Chaplin, who contract with the London and Bir mingham Railroad Company for the conveyance of their pas sengers to various parts of town, was brought before Mr. Hos- KINS and Lord MONTFORT), to answer the charges of drunken ness, and flogging with his driving whip one of the Company's inspectors. The defendant was ordered to pay 405., or one month's im • prisonment. UNION-HALL. THE MONEY LENDERS AGAIN.—YCSterhy James Joseph, a young man of the Jewish persuasion, in the service of Charles Rickaby, of No. 1, Bridge House-place, Newington, was brought before Messrs. TRAILL and JEREMY, charged with committing an assault on a gentleman, under the following circumstances : _ _ ••••• •••••••-• v•••,, , ,..1 • Complainant appeared to have received considerable per sonal injury, owing to a blow inflicted over his forehead. He stated that about a week ago, in consequence of seeing an ad vertisement, describing that a man calling himself Mr. An trobus would lend money either on acceptance or personal security, he had an interview with that person on the sub. ject. At that interview Fe, complainant, told Antrobus that he wanted 4,0001. for three months, which sum of money Anti•obus said that he could advance when the required secu rities were handed over to him. On Saturday last a second interview took place between them, when Antrobus agreed to advance the 4,000/, then, upon ccmplainant's giving him acceptance for 2,000/. cash at three months., the latt er on his part agreeing to give 1501. for the loan. Awro boa then produced two stamps, and having drawn out the hills they were signed by complainant, upon which Antro btu, having, taken possession of them, said that he wishcd to speck to his brother, who lived close by, and added that he return again in five minutes. He then left the h hut did not return, end while complainant was waiting a man Rickaby called at Long's Hotel, in Bond-street, the complainant haul been for some time staying, an 1 T e . f t word with the waiter that he wanted to see comVainantt had particular business with him. When complainant returned to the hotel, between five and six o'clock the same evening, Rickaby called again, and having introduced himself, inquired if he had not accepted two bills to the amount of 4,000/. ? Complainant replied in the affirmative, adding at the same time that he had been swindled cut of them, not having re ceived a penny for them ; and that the person with whom he had the transaction, and who called himself Antrobus, a money lender, had absconded suddenly with them. Rickaby, on hearing this, said, " Oh, that's all I want ;" and was going away, when he (complainant) stopped him, and begged ho would inform him where his bills were lying ; that he could not afford to lose them. " Then, Sir," said Rickaby, " come to Sackvillc-street and I will see what can be done ;" and they accordingly went there, but did not see Antrobus ; and it was then decided, at Rickaby's request, that they should proceed to his house, No. 1, Bridge House-place, New ington, where he said, on their arrival, he should give him uP his two bills for 2001. each. Complainant finding that he had no other alternative, agreed to the proposition, and when they got to Bridge-house-place, Rickaby requested him to remain in his house ''or about ten minutes, while he went short distance off. Complainant, however, remained for a full hour and a half, at the expiration of which time RickabY returned, and, pulling out of his pocket a bill for 2,0001., ex hibited it to the complainant, and asked him if it was not one of those that Antrobus had taken possession of ? Complainant answered in the affirmative, and said that if Rickaby would return with him to Long's Hotel he would there arrange w ith him. Rickaby acquiesced, and when they got to the hotel the complanant left the former with his brother in the coffee-room , telling him that lie wanted to absent himself for a short time , fur the purpose of getting the 2001. and get back his 2,000 1 . bill. Complainant then left the room with the view of ob taining advice how he was to act in this emergency, but upon his return he found that Rickaby had made a precipitate re treat from the house soon after he (complainant) had quitted it. The following (Sunday) morning complainant rode over to Bridge-house-place on horseback, accompanied by his groom, kind, on seeing Riekaby, esked him why he did not wait for him the evening before? The reply was, " you r brother told me that he would not pay so much for the restora tion of your bills, and I will not have any more to do with you unless you pay the money down." Rickaby was then ' pro ceeding up stairs, when complainant seized him by the co , lar, saying that he should give him into custody for having felonious possession of his two bills. Rickaby endeavoure d to disengage himself, during which a severe struggle took place between them, in the height of which, as alleged 13 Y complainant, his antagonist called out for assistance, and the defendant, James Joseph, then made his appearance, when Rickaby called out to him, " Get the poker, and knock his brains out." Joseph then run into one of the rooms an d brought out a poker, and while Rickaby and complainant were struggling with each other the defendant aimed a blow at his heed, which, however missed, and the force of it broke the banisters. In the affray, which still continued, the, complainant, who had a stick, struck Rickaby on the arm, an d disabled it ; and the same stick having been wrested from hi s grasp, he was in his turn attacked with it, and received the blow en the forehead, which cut it severely. By thin time th e whole neighbourhood was alarmed, and some of the po lice of the M division having come up to the scene of action' complainant, whose face was streaming down with blood froin the wound in his forehead, insisted upon their taking beth Rickaby and Joseph into custody. Rickaby, however, , Y 23 found to be so severely hurt that he was not removed froin his house, but the other defendant (Joseph) was taken into custody. Sergeant Twohig, M division, stated, that on Sunday Wal t ing, between t en a nd e l even o ' c l oc k, h ear i ng t h e cr ies of " Police I" he proceeded to Rickaby's house, and saw the complainant at the door, with his forehead cut and his face covered with blood. Mace, one of the Marlborough -street officers, in the distr i t t , of which office the bill trans ac ti on too k p l ace, state d t h at frr the description the complainant had given of the person who called himself Antrobus, he (the officer) believed his name t e be Coyle, a man well k nown at most o f t h e gaming-houses at the west end of the town, and known to the police as having been engaged in transactions of this description before. , 00 It was stated that a tt empts h a d b een made to compr onn , ' the affiir, but the complainant was dissuaded from SIiCJ course by Mr. Codd, under whose advice he had adopted t he present proceeding. As the assault on complainant was not distinctly proved: have been committed by th e d e f en d ant J osephs, he was v;;- charged ; hut a warrant was granted against Rickaby, fraudulently receiving the bills, and having them in his E ° , -- sion. The Magistrates, ho wever , di recte d the officer to w.' n " the execution of the warrant was i n t rus t e d no t to put Rick s,;‘, ,L' r to any inconvenien ce if h e was f oun d st ill to b e l a b o uring unrd illness, but that it was their determination to make him u ll iox sureties to answer the charg e p re f erre d aga i nst him by t to complainant nt the Central Criminal Court. With respeetd to the man calling himself Antrobus, com pl a i nan t was advtge es , give notice of the circumstances und e r w hi c h his accepter h. were procured from him to the Magistrat e s o f Marlboroug' street, in which district the offence was committed. THAMES- OFFICE. Yesterday, Iver Fal4enberg, Master of the Norwegian sh ip llaabet, 600 tons, appehred before Mr. Gacaswoo t charged under the 6th of • Geo. IV., cap. 145, the Pilot A:4; with having employed an unlicensed p e rs o n to bring his 5 4. up the River, from Gravesend, after a li cens ed pilot had offel___ his services, by which he had incurred a penalty of ui 10d., being double the sum legally due for pilotage. - A do Mr. GREINWOOD was of opinion the case wag clearly out ; Williams was liable to a penalty f or acting a 131 - without a license. Mr. Williams, senior, a respectable man, here stepped for; ward, and said he bad been doing what his son bad done for" years. no Mr. CR,ENNI,OOI3—Then I can on l y t e ll y o u you ha ve ,ill. right to do so, and I have n o d ou b t t h e Trinity House - 054 keep a s harp l oo k out a f ter you. I shall convict in this r e t io in the penalty o f 1 1 / . Os. lO i d., double the amou nt o' pilotage due. The fine was immediately paid. SIR JAMES E. ALEXANDER'S - NIARRA TII : OF TIIE EXPE DITION INTO TIIE I NTERIOR OF A FRICA IN 183 „ .7 ,..5. This work f u ll y answers t h e expectat i ons w hi c h t h e enterr o - r l im ing character an d exper i ence d pen o f i ts wr i ter l e d us to of it. The. volumes relate to the recent expedition o ,f ead covery through th e hith erto un d escr ib e d countr i es of the "'7 t i t Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, undertaken 111.,1 the countenan ce o f th e B r i t i s h G overnment an d the 11,:itief Geographical S oc i e ty. I n hi s N arrat i ve we fi n d Sir 1 g cr .- li Alexander, as hith er t o , li ve l y an d enterta i n i ng . struab , through some 4,000 miles of a wild and savage countrPosv, has greatly enlarged the bounds of our geographica l I° o4 ledge, and done much towards the accumulation of per'' history ; but th e c hi e f i nterest o f t h e wor k li es in "1,-ing: sonal adventures and vicissitud es ; th e ga ll an t C a ptain rah encountered all the dang ers o f li on , elephant, rhi ll°-e r,Of gnu, ostrich, and babo on com b at . 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Madeira (by way of Calcutta), Wines per Gai l l ito 01 first quality 63s to 66s Port ••• 0 , to of Ditto, in pints 33s Sherry... ............... ••• I , to its Bucellas (finest quality) ••••'''o v Lisbon and Mountain . 30s Marsala ............ •• ~,,. 4 Bottles, Si. per do:e 2 : 4 l °s : ' Vidonia (old) Marsala hAalamrpsaelra,,,tefirinsp.eli,speteri,nd;oplzol:2(lo,.i ii li ,/ Cof, fi , i bli‘ T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &C., `i", the i r ,:tli f t . London ( Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), in f°rn ",.; s IXXOv that he has fitted up THREE SHOW ROOMS ell ) " sl' ~ D G ees. display of a larAc assortment of superior SILVE R ot P t ° th A e PLATED GOODS. He offers them at those low but fi ' " (1 so" which have been so successful in drawing public attenA ) 33,l‘ pe WATCH, JEWELLERY, SILVER SPOON and • *ng s 1 0 ' Silver branches of his trade. N.B. A pamphlet, conl, C l°' st' tailed List of the Prices of Plate, Plated Goods, W atc pi s to ' lr° &c., may be had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer _........, paid application. .......-"`"— o f 11•••••••••••• ••40/11, 1.1•Mrafift,gp - h _SIR THS. Afar of , ' On the 24th in s t., at B yam-house, Brighton, the A o f $ . - Abercorn, of a s on . On the 24th i ns t., at Gorharaury, the Countess of Gig"on. ilir son and heir. c ar rAl e '-' On the 2-Itli i ns t. , at Lewknor Vicarage, Lady - ______,--'' vier, of a son. 0 8 , ton. MARIED. On the 22d i nst., at Iloly 13ho R od Church, F" La .Ta P rg htir o x Rev. Charle s G u lli ver Foyer, to tklen Elizabeth , 0 " 1). cle c ' h ' Sir Gregory Osborne Page T u nor On the 25th inst ?;art. Mr. ,at S" James's, v ermondsor , Uri of Church -street, of the la te • Cotton, of the of V ""vf rid. , j t un d . , , ,n a th e t il ei 4 . o. of. ----------------:____—________--------- „. 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